Jenna Shares Two - A Lionfish and a Gustav Klimt

<div class="MsoNormal">I met Jenna last month outside of Penn Station last month and took a few pictures of her tattoos, one of which is based on the work of the Austrian painter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt">Gustav Klimt.</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As today is the anniversary of Klimt's birthday, 149 years ago in 1862, I felt it would be a good day to share Jenna's work.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This tattoo is on her upper left arm:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11gugUteA9ib1bCuDUm6BCfnBTdBtW-ai1d1mrOu1dS81lgIXMUZQzFguHRRVfr-InBJQi5jjXO1u0rLjctMpApOW9v-M7NbrY10vMwYpP3wClAyNG-sFaMvawvJ7JtjQWw7zpV_cDLs/s1600/klimt+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11gugUteA9ib1bCuDUm6BCfnBTdBtW-ai1d1mrOu1dS81lgIXMUZQzFguHRRVfr-InBJQi5jjXO1u0rLjctMpApOW9v-M7NbrY10vMwYpP3wClAyNG-sFaMvawvJ7JtjQWw7zpV_cDLs/s640/klimt+1.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This is based on a work called "The Blood of Fish" (1898):</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OqzAtgG2zX8-V1r26ECU6ksw0C_MuWwIq2GpIqW9OCz8oqoJbzKd3Su1AK2dOKt9XJVmT-om4L8LUyATZBvz9b_M6Mi5aXZPCWZbvPdxWU8qfOkc-wEb_c18TSh-xlD1Czi0MjgKGXo/s1600/fish+blood+1898+gustav+klimt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OqzAtgG2zX8-V1r26ECU6ksw0C_MuWwIq2GpIqW9OCz8oqoJbzKd3Su1AK2dOKt9XJVmT-om4L8LUyATZBvz9b_M6Mi5aXZPCWZbvPdxWU8qfOkc-wEb_c18TSh-xlD1Czi0MjgKGXo/s400/fish+blood+1898+gustav+klimt.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jenna explains: <br /><blockquote>"...The print is a pen and ink done by Klimt called <i>The Blood of Fish. </i>I've always been a very big fan of Klimt's work but alot of it has all been done before in terms of tattoos. When I saw <i>The Blood of Fish</i> I just kind of knew that it was for me, there was something very beautiful and fluid about it and I knew I wanted it to be a part of me ...</blockquote></div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwxSb7TnvETTVV4WwNgkqxtfGrGGafs88K11PPptP_fMzsmxCwBS50WPZEGZ1fy-SOlXB3UrY1EaB5MHv8ONsfEdzzMxAq4DXMnb1DWP52thO2FKtJvhujZu3c_SWl7J8K8eprwu1YeSI/s1600/Klimt+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwxSb7TnvETTVV4WwNgkqxtfGrGGafs88K11PPptP_fMzsmxCwBS50WPZEGZ1fy-SOlXB3UrY1EaB5MHv8ONsfEdzzMxAq4DXMnb1DWP52thO2FKtJvhujZu3c_SWl7J8K8eprwu1YeSI/s640/Klimt+2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">...The only adjustments added were the little feet at the bottom and I opted out of nipples on the women, I babysit and am around kids alot I'd rather keep things PG. Either way my mother and grandmother had a heart attack, supposedly women arent supposed to get naked women tattoos, I didn't get that memo." </div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">She credits <a href="http://danieltrocchio.com/">Dan Trocchio</a> at <a href="http://www.threekingstattoo.com/site/">Three Kings</a> in Brooklyn with this incredible tattoo.<br /><br />Jenna also shared another phenomenal piece, on the upper right portion of her back:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7R_WFiZ179fkGojwuQi-2ROVjaYEc7nCYuMQZW3dQXmVTuxtm7zVduZqSn6zrD9VwL-zZCAaCiZc6-W1bV2ZolIbJETvilGQkWkeSPFO4HJwa43ztflXO-wqsiZ-lJWDdUon0h22B8nI/s1600/lion+fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7R_WFiZ179fkGojwuQi-2ROVjaYEc7nCYuMQZW3dQXmVTuxtm7zVduZqSn6zrD9VwL-zZCAaCiZc6-W1bV2ZolIbJETvilGQkWkeSPFO4HJwa43ztflXO-wqsiZ-lJWDdUon0h22B8nI/s400/lion+fish.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterois">lionfish</a> tattoo was inked by <a href="http://kingsavenuetattoo.com/artists_view.asp?id=2">Grez</a> at <a href="http://kingsavenuetattoo.com/">Kings Avenue Tattoo</a> in Massapequa, New York.<br /><br />Again, I'll let Jenna explain:<br /><br /><blockquote>"The Lion Fish was my first real tattoo. For years I had wanted a Lion Fish. I used to sit the marine biology lab during middle and high school and just draw and paint fish. Like all of the creatures on the earth, saltwater fish are really remarkable and incredibly beautiful. My father (who originally got me into salt water tanks) used to tell me that god hand painted every stripe on the lion fish. While I'm not a very religious person, it doesn't change just how much of a miracle that the oceans and the beauty they hold are. I just feel like sometimes people don't stop and look at how amazing these creatures are. My lion fish isn't only a symbol of my passion for marine life but also a piece of art that was originally hand painted by god."</blockquote>Thanks again to Jenna for sharing her amazing tattoos with us here on Tattoosday, and for taking the time to share her thoughts about the work. 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